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they are looking at virginia and florida. they say that if the president can take one of those, it makes it a much more difficult road for governor romney as we move through the night. as for the election, they say they expect it to be a long night and they expect to have an answer by sun up tomorrow. we will see. i am tim prichard in chicago. rita williams is coming out. >> well, ken, it is here inside the ballroom where tonight mitt romney is expected to appear if and when we get enough votes to know who will be president the next four years. now, on his campaign plane to boston, tonight this is what the former massachusetts governor said about the speech he hopes to give. >> i have just finished writing a victory speech. it is about is 1118 words. i'm sure it will change before i am finished because i have not passed it around to my family and friends and advisers to get their reaction but i have only written one speech at this point. >> now, unless you are of a certain age you might not know that mitt romney's father geor
they are looking at virginia and florida. they say that if the president can take one of those, it makes it a much more difficult road for governor romney as we move through the night. as for the election, they say they expect it to be a long night and they expect to have an answer by sun up tomorrow. we will see. i am tim prichard in chicago. rita williams is coming out. >> well, ken, it is here inside the ballroom where tonight mitt romney is expected to appear if and when we get enough...
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he said if you are waiting to vote in florida, stay in line as long as your in line. you can still vote. take a look at this photo from nicole on twitter. we have been seeing this with i vote the stickers. she said i quote the for my daughter's future and my little peanut will be here and i want to make the best decisions for her. you can join the conversation by going to facebook.com/ktvu. >>> we are just more than 20 minutes away from polls closing in 14 states including the battleground states of colorado and wisconsin. as we get results we will share them with you in two minutes. >>> they'll want to put up numbers from indiana with 39% of the precinct reporting mitt romney is the winner, this is not a surprise, he was expected to carry indiana. >>> a look now at the electoral map. president obama with 65 electoral votes and mitt romney with 58. no surprises. what we are really waiting on here are several key swing states. we have been talking about them including ohio and virginia. and ken and heather are back now taking a closer look. >> frank, we want to start y
he said if you are waiting to vote in florida, stay in line as long as your in line. you can still vote. take a look at this photo from nicole on twitter. we have been seeing this with i vote the stickers. she said i quote the for my daughter's future and my little peanut will be here and i want to make the best decisions for her. you can join the conversation by going to facebook.com/ktvu. >>> we are just more than 20 minutes away from polls closing in 14 states including the...
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the state of florida. >> cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> florida goes for al gore. >> schieffer: in a matter of hours, we all took that back and said florida was too close to call. >> you will have 30,000 absentee ballots that aren't going to be counted until tomorrow. >> schieffer: just after 2:00 a.m., we reversed our original call and said bush had won florida and was the next president of the united states. >> bush wins. >> schieffer: less than two hours later, we retracked that call and said the election was just too close to call. >> this is no longer an election. it is like "alice in wonderland." we get stranger and stranger as alice said, fiquote her correctly. >> she's as good a person to quote right now as anybody i know. >> good evening. >> schieffer: so al gore won the popular vote but it would be well into december until the supreme court ruled that george bush had won displrd with it the presidenciy. >> i do solemnly swear... >> schieffer: our "face the nation" flashback. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last w
the state of florida. >> cnn announces that we call florida in the al gore column. >> florida goes for al gore. >> schieffer: in a matter of hours, we all took that back and said florida was too close to call. >> you will have 30,000 absentee ballots that aren't going to be counted until tomorrow. >> schieffer: just after 2:00 a.m., we reversed our original call and said bush had won florida and was the next president of the united states. >> bush wins....
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the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have the second highest foreclosure rate. it will be interesting to see how these messages play out in both of these critical swing states in florida and ohio. >>> the social media world has been buzzing all day about the election and it's still picking up speed. we are keeping an eye on the trends. >> reporter: as you can imagine, i vote and election 2012 are among top trending hash tags. if you were brave enough to use them, there are a lot of people talking at once and it can be tough to sort through everything. 10million tweets related to the election. we've heard people talking about lo
the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have...
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right now this former florida governor is stomping for mitt romney. >> florida has been a battle ground state now for so long that both sides are really good at. it i think our side, this year, has the intensity on our side. the number of early votes on the democratic side relative to four years ago where they had an incredible army of support is down 70% and our numbers are up a bit. so i'm pretty optimistic that in florida at least governor romney will win. >> in a bakery just off the interstate, jeb bush is trying to make that happen. for the romney campaign, crucial demographic groups are elderly voters and white men. polls suggest those groups have been shifting to romney. take alex here who voted for obama last time. >> i tend to find more with romney's moderate republican beliefs than i do with obama's beliefs. particularly with regard to the economy. >> if the democrats are losing white voters, they must get more hispanic, female and younger voters on their side. this little bakery turns out to be a crosssection of the entire race. so who will the staff vote for? >> obama. >> i'
right now this former florida governor is stomping for mitt romney. >> florida has been a battle ground state now for so long that both sides are really good at. it i think our side, this year, has the intensity on our side. the number of early votes on the democratic side relative to four years ago where they had an incredible army of support is down 70% and our numbers are up a bit. so i'm pretty optimistic that in florida at least governor romney will win. >> in a bakery just off...
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here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill out there. getting all the attention, but it's great. >> he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> when she was declared the victor, it was over. >> florida may be too far a bridge for
here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill...
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all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. and so we are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you so much. >> thank you. gerri: with the race to the white house so close, tomorrow may not only be a long night, it could go down in history as one of the closest presidential elections of all time. that list is tonight's top five. number five, 1848, this election marks the first time every state in the union voted for presidents on the same date. zachary taylor won the popular vote by nearly 5%, but only 36 electoral votes. number four, 2004, the winner was not determined until the follow
all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. and so we are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always...
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here is the polling line in miami, florida. president obama is spending his time in his home town and of romney campaign is going to keep on going. >> the beginning of november in the bay area is filling like the beginning of summer. sunshine and warm temperatures are in the bay area. you can see people are out exercising and walking their dogs. we have a another nice one on for today. >> we broke a lot records yesterday and we do have the potential to accomplish this again today. mostly sunny and blue skies are 1 to persist. the temperatures climb into the mid '80s and tomorrow we will see significant changes. however the temperatures will sell-off by at least 10 degrees. the for details will be coming up in just a bit. when 3:00 p.m. comes it will be 70's for the coast. everyone else will climb to the low 80s. as we pushed o'clock to 8:00 p.m. tonight all of the green that dominates the screen will show where there will be some 60's and partly cloudy skies. 81 degrees for san rafael. it will climb to a low 80s for fremont. it
here is the polling line in miami, florida. president obama is spending his time in his home town and of romney campaign is going to keep on going. >> the beginning of november in the bay area is filling like the beginning of summer. sunshine and warm temperatures are in the bay area. you can see people are out exercising and walking their dogs. we have a another nice one on for today. >> we broke a lot records yesterday and we do have the potential to accomplish this again today....
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if president obama wins the state of florida, the race is over. but mitt romney is very, very much in that game. he needs to win florida, north carolina, and virginia and also win the state of ohio to get from where he is now, he's on track now to win 191 electoral votes. president obama is in line for 251. we're going to have to wait until more votes are counted before we know who gets there. >> >> your thoughts of where we stand and what this means for the economy. >> what you have is, of course, what we do know is that the republicans will hold on to the house of representatives. that the ve increase in the number of republicans committed to not raising taxes that swept into office in 2010, the obama people said oh, 57 of those republicans are in districts that obama carried and they will all be swept out with the tide in 2012. instead what happened was the country reiterated its commitment to a republican house, a house of representatives which as speaker boehner said, is committed to opposing all of obama's tax increase policies. so we have a
if president obama wins the state of florida, the race is over. but mitt romney is very, very much in that game. he needs to win florida, north carolina, and virginia and also win the state of ohio to get from where he is now, he's on track now to win 191 electoral votes. president obama is in line for 251. we're going to have to wait until more votes are counted before we know who gets there. >> >> your thoughts of where we stand and what this means for the economy. >> what...
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. >> we have seen packed voting precincts from florida up to maine. battleground virginia is the most packed. brianne carter is in leesburg. >> people here know this is important. we have seen long lines here in leesburg but throughout northern virginia. through this building and they tell u more than 1600 people have already cast their ballots. people know just how important their vote will be. after months of listening to president obama and governor met romney, it is finally decision day. >> i think it will be very close. >> this morning, romney was back in his home state of massachusetts to vote before heading to ohio and then pennsylvania for last-minute campaigning. >> i feel great about ohio. >> vice president joe biden was in home in delaware to vote before heading to chicago to meet up with the president who voted last week. >> i am feeling pretty good bet of the latest polls in key battleground states including ohio iowa, and virginia show the presence with a slight lead. in loudoun county, voters know the impact of their votes. >> there is
. >> we have seen packed voting precincts from florida up to maine. battleground virginia is the most packed. brianne carter is in leesburg. >> people here know this is important. we have seen long lines here in leesburg but throughout northern virginia. through this building and they tell u more than 1600 people have already cast their ballots. people know just how important their vote will be. after months of listening to president obama and governor met romney, it is finally...
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if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a year ago, president obama's team was very straightforward. they expected it was going to be mitt romney. they were going to make him very unacceptable. the wealthy and out of touch background. they did that. they had a micro targeted micromessage strategy. they said what they were going to do. and stuck to that strategy seems to be with remarkable discipline. if it works, they look really, really smart. the difference between being really smart and really dumb -- [laughter] >> what's remarkable is that they broadcast that, right? >> and the romney campaign never -- or his allies never came up to say, boy, if they're goin
if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a...
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. >> mitt romney began the day in florida. >> tomorrow we begin a better tomorrow. >> in pennsylvania of all places, they will come to the candidate he is hoping for a victory there to pull off an electoral college victory. we will take pennsylvania. >> they see the keystone state's votes as aal possible insurance policy against using other swing states. if you look at ohio, florida, virginia, mitt romney has to 3 in those states to win race. >> after campaigning with the various celebrity supporters springsteen, the arrive inwill o tonight awaiting the familyn results with his and campaign staff. mitt romney and paul ryan are a seven-statef swing. update froman romneycare headquarters in .oston at 12:30 -- >> today on the campaign trail campaign will seek two stops it from mitt romney, one from rick mitt romney in fairfax to buy them in sterling. joe biden in from sterling. webb and mark warner will also be in attendance. we have live and pictures of roll and --ama rallyingi n madison, wisconsin. rallies later today in ohio and iowa. >> two former governors battling e senate in virgi
. >> mitt romney began the day in florida. >> tomorrow we begin a better tomorrow. >> in pennsylvania of all places, they will come to the candidate he is hoping for a victory there to pull off an electoral college victory. we will take pennsylvania. >> they see the keystone state's votes as aal possible insurance policy against using other swing states. if you look at ohio, florida, virginia, mitt romney has to 3 in those states to win race. >> after campaigning...
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he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> author think shift used to be, when she would delair the victory, it was over. >> florida may be too far a bridge for barack obama, but by putting bill clinton and all the things you mentioned, it means the romney campaign has to pay attention to it. >> let's talk about "the washington post" editorial today because it gets to the question of fouling. of breaking the rules and going -- basically saying things that even the totally independent people say is dishonest. here it is, quote, "washington post," through all the flip-flops there's been one consistency in the campaign of republican presidential
he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> author think shift used to be, when she...
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. >> i think there's a sense that florida might be moving in romney's direction. structurally, that's always been the most problematic of the battleground states for obama. and if i were betting, i would bet romney carries florida. >> and we're hearing from the romney side that there's a bit of a head fake there. >> it may be. what a lot of strategists have told me is if you're going to make a play for a state, you need to do it at least three weeks before election day. so one week out, not even a full week, makes it tough. it might be too little too late for mitt romney where they are spending a lot of money at this last minute. but they've got a lot of money to spend. >> it's less a head fake than a hail mary ad. if they carpet bomb them with mitt romney and barack obama ads, negativity has been driven up in pennsylvania with bain ads. he's actually more popular in pennsylvania than he is in ohio and some of these other states that have been suggested in the obama ads. so it's a bit of a sneak attack. pennsylvania hasn't conrepublican in ten years. and pennsylva
. >> i think there's a sense that florida might be moving in romney's direction. structurally, that's always been the most problematic of the battleground states for obama. and if i were betting, i would bet romney carries florida. >> and we're hearing from the romney side that there's a bit of a head fake there. >> it may be. what a lot of strategists have told me is if you're going to make a play for a state, you need to do it at least three weeks before election day. so one...
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florida is another one. that is a battleground state where of late mitt romney has been consistently going well. he has to do well. >> florida is another state. neil: and you have been busy campaigning. >> floridian more than viejo is a must win. neil: ohio. maybe pennsylvania. >> ohio is important, but if he can take florida and virginia, if romney can take florida and virginia and slips in ohio then colorado, maybe pennsylvania to make up for that. there are ways to do it, but virginia and florida are critical. neil: we always forget, mayor, that there are so many other races going on. thirty-three senate seats. republicans need a net gain of four senate seats. but if they have president romney, three. how likely is that? it will look like a gimme. not so much. neil: i see in early voting that murdoch's ahead. not by much, but still ahead. if murdoch wins, which people are wondering whether he can because of some of the controversial comments -- neil: he was the tea party backed candidate who toppled richa
florida is another one. that is a battleground state where of late mitt romney has been consistently going well. he has to do well. >> florida is another state. neil: and you have been busy campaigning. >> floridian more than viejo is a must win. neil: ohio. maybe pennsylvania. >> ohio is important, but if he can take florida and virginia, if romney can take florida and virginia and slips in ohio then colorado, maybe pennsylvania to make up for that. there are ways to do it,...
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potential impact on this election could be huge these fourteen states many of whom are swing states like florida wisconsin and virginia represent one hundred eighty five electoral votes or sixty eight percent of the total votes needed to win the presidency the voter id laws in particular will have a huge effect on the outcome as the brennan center for justice uncovered the vast majority of americans who don't have suitable i.d.'s to vote under these laws are minorities poor people and senior citizens people who tend to vote democratic and as this chart shows a quarter of all black voters do not have the necessary identification to be able to vote under these laws a fifth of all latinos don't either and neither do eighty percent of young people nor eighty percent of senior citizens under these laws millions of democratic voters who voted just in two thousand and ten will not be able to vote this year that's why almost every single one of these laws was passed in a republican controlled state legislature and the numbers don't lie these laws can easily swing today's election which might explain why
potential impact on this election could be huge these fourteen states many of whom are swing states like florida wisconsin and virginia represent one hundred eighty five electoral votes or sixty eight percent of the total votes needed to win the presidency the voter id laws in particular will have a huge effect on the outcome as the brennan center for justice uncovered the vast majority of americans who don't have suitable i.d.'s to vote under these laws are minorities poor people and senior...
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a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for both sides, and so there have been some performance issues and the first debate was a performance issue for barack obama. what mitt romney has not been able to do has been to get enough momentum to ever get himself over a hump and get shooting himself in the foot either by things coming out he didn't time or saying things in realtime that did him real d
a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins...
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places polls having to stay open longer than expected i think probably i would say i would say that florida the nelson race was expected to be a little bit closer than it looks like it's going to be and i think maybe one interesting piece to kind of look at is linda mcmahon has been a large cell funder and so you know kind of a lessons there on having somebody who is a self funder and running for the senate two years in a row that poured millions and millions and millions of dollars and still didn't quite you know hit the mark and so there may be some interesting stuff there later on has become to see what the actual numbers and being in which counties she tried to pull a curly and a back for her and it ended up being an early period exactly i would i would take exception with something you know the kind of the conventional wisdom we're all dancing around which is gee there's going to be long lines june it's going to take a long time if you look at ohio in two thousand and four you had people waiting in line in largely african-american minority districts largely democratic leaning districts
places polls having to stay open longer than expected i think probably i would say i would say that florida the nelson race was expected to be a little bit closer than it looks like it's going to be and i think maybe one interesting piece to kind of look at is linda mcmahon has been a large cell funder and so you know kind of a lessons there on having somebody who is a self funder and running for the senate two years in a row that poured millions and millions and millions of dollars and still...
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the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough, orange, leon along with miami-dade and broward, already saying they're allowing absentee voting right now. so it looks like they're basically trying to get the court to go along with them in what looks like a work-around. the problem is the state legislature also revealed a number of early voting days and the secretary of state has already refused to extend them. so it could be a fight. >> oh, my goodness, this is two days before election day so it's already getting kind of hairy. thank you so much, joe johns. >>> we're expecting mitt romney to speak in cleveland any minute now. i'll bring that to
the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough,...
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were particularly on display late into the night in voter suppression states like virginia ohio and florida the media called the race just after eleven pm tuesday but it could have been much earlier in the night without these restrictions to voting in democratic air. he is plain and simple republicans have rigged an election system that makes it much easier for white republicans to vote and the president called them out on this in his victory speech tuesday night . i want to. participate in this lunch. whether you voted for the very first run. one of the very very low. by the way we have to fix. but there's an even bigger story from election night that we should consider as well and that's this well it was indeed a big night for democrats should have been even bigger they should have won back the majority in the house of representatives as well as legal reporter in mill hisor at think progress notes of the total votes cast and counted in u.s. house races around the nation democrats received more than a half million more votes than republicans despite all the voter suppression efforts in pen
were particularly on display late into the night in voter suppression states like virginia ohio and florida the media called the race just after eleven pm tuesday but it could have been much earlier in the night without these restrictions to voting in democratic air. he is plain and simple republicans have rigged an election system that makes it much easier for white republicans to vote and the president called them out on this in his victory speech tuesday night . i want to. participate in...
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the vet candidates are colorado, florida, ohio, new hampshire, wisconsin course, battleground virginia. formerdave matthews and president bill clinton. good has it been a a gooder in chief and decider in chief. d hise president likene to the surpluses of the clinton years. >> president clinton economic plan passed the wealthiest pay a little more reduce our deficit and oura little more future. while there romney and his sons rallied gop voters -- romney himself warned about and obama reelection. t means a continuing a unemployment and stagnant take-home pay. it means depressed home values. the race is considered a dead heat. put mr. obama just romney. ahead of the goal is to hundred 70 electoral votes. both campaigns are focusing on the midwest, especially ohio. no republican has won the white without the buckeye state. shift inegist says a any demographic could make the in the white house in this type were race. >> we have this reminder to our that we are tracking any nowlems at the polls through election day. tell us if you see any problems from long lines to machine malfunctions. yo
the vet candidates are colorado, florida, ohio, new hampshire, wisconsin course, battleground virginia. formerdave matthews and president bill clinton. good has it been a a gooder in chief and decider in chief. d hise president likene to the surpluses of the clinton years. >> president clinton economic plan passed the wealthiest pay a little more reduce our deficit and oura little more future. while there romney and his sons rallied gop voters -- romney himself warned about and obama...
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we are still waiting on results from florida. too close to call. twenty-nine electoral votes in iowa in the picture. just six electoral votes, but this would bring governor romney to the 79 swing states electoral votes that he needs. so if you were to take these buy battleground state, he could certainly be on his way to the white house. one other thing i want to show you as i look at the results in the map right now, looking at ohio itself. i did just look as i entered into the results map here. something that i wanted to point out was that the two counties that we have been watching in the state of ohio, getting this working again, franklin and hamilton. they both have turned blue, which means the results are in from those individual counties. columbus with ohio state, obama has taken that county, and then there was also hamilton county pommel which is the cincinnati area. very high poverty rates. they were hoping that mitt romney would pull that off, the president obama has taken hamilton county. he won that last year. giving him a huge boost in
we are still waiting on results from florida. too close to call. twenty-nine electoral votes in iowa in the picture. just six electoral votes, but this would bring governor romney to the 79 swing states electoral votes that he needs. so if you were to take these buy battleground state, he could certainly be on his way to the white house. one other thing i want to show you as i look at the results in the map right now, looking at ohio itself. i did just look as i entered into the results map...
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florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in this election. >> it's good policy. >> i don't think i've ever heard you guys agree on two things back-to-back. >> george allen, you know there's some guys some candidates who had been governors and lawyers and come back. tommy thompson, wisconsin, bob allen, in each case, the voters rejected them. >> brian, back over to you. >> a lot of people aren't watching these election results alone. many are hanging out at the local bars or watering holes in their own neighborhood. public bar d.c. scott, what's the word there. >> reporter: a good c
florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in...
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florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45 minutes. how are things looking there? >> not bad right now. but let me tell you as people have been coming in as the deadline approaches, clerks office staff have been telling me people have been bringing in sample ballots instead of their official ballots and making other mistakes coming here. one woman tried to cast a vote here. we are seeing more people come in as it gets close to the polls closing. i learned they are dealing with problems, a dozen scanners that were jamming and needed to be replaced. here at the clerk's office, election votes 50% o
florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45...
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if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far. >> stay on senate, we called that race for bill nelson in florida. still early. in the evening, we have a lot of other senate races to call, polls have closed in several states but 33 senate seats up for grabs, including bill nelson, at this hour, democrats, now have 36 seats in their control. compared to 39 for republicans. neither party near close to getting the 51 seats to take control of the senate. we're watching a couple of races in new england in particular, possible changes here. these are critical battles betwe
if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far....
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mitt romney's first seent about to start in orlando, florida. live look from the scene there. you see jeff bush there in the background. getting ready to rally the crowd. and michelle obama will be appearing in orlando later today. by the end of the day, done all they can do and might be a brief moment of pause. before then, it is a mad dash to the finish line which includes five stops in virginia and four stops in ohio in just 48 hours. the vice presidential candidates are doing their part. joe biden and his wife have two stops planned in virginia today including a visit to sterling. joined by singer john melencamp. >>> then travel to colorado and iowa. the man on top of the republican ticket mitt romney hits four sunday. two in virginia and one in ohio before bringing his campaign to rest with a rally in new hampshire. endless speeches will be in wisconsin and ohio and wrap up his day in iowa. monday is more about energizing supporters and getting them out to the polls. >> it's going to be a close election. the national election is tied. the key part is what's happening on t
mitt romney's first seent about to start in orlando, florida. live look from the scene there. you see jeff bush there in the background. getting ready to rally the crowd. and michelle obama will be appearing in orlando later today. by the end of the day, done all they can do and might be a brief moment of pause. before then, it is a mad dash to the finish line which includes five stops in virginia and four stops in ohio in just 48 hours. the vice presidential candidates are doing their part....
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also in florida, famous palm beach county, florida, which was famous r the butterfly ballots and haing chads, who can forget that, they can't read so ballots by vong machine by printing error. they're going through and having people read them and market ballots put them into a machine. does that make you nervous? >> well, always makes me nervous when things don't go as they were intended to go but that will be a part of having poll watchers to make sure we have people at the polls that can make sure the integrity is there. melissa: how many poll watchers are there and what exactly are they looking for? >> there are poll watchers that have the potential being at every poll. of course there is a different mechanism for that in every state that you go to. but, the romney campaign has a great ground campaign going and they're going to make sure we have integrity at the polls. melissa: congresswoman, let me ask you before we go, is mitt romney going to win? >> oh, i think mitt romney is going to win. i really like what speer boehner says. he is out in his own state campaigning and he sees r
also in florida, famous palm beach county, florida, which was famous r the butterfly ballots and haing chads, who can forget that, they can't read so ballots by vong machine by printing error. they're going through and having people read them and market ballots put them into a machine. does that make you nervous? >> well, always makes me nervous when things don't go as they were intended to go but that will be a part of having poll watchers to make sure we have people at the polls that...
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and particularly ohio and florida. you also have very small county regional areas you can look at and say this might determine what's going to happen in the rest of the state. >> you're a professor of public policy and analyze these types of things quite a bit. super packs. they have really made a difference in this election in terms of the money available, the ads that we see. has that been to the advantage of the voter or not? >> if by advantage you mean getting a chance to see more negative ads, yes it is. there was a great concern among democrats that the citizens united decision will result in an uneven playing field. at least in this election that has not proven to be the case. raised enormous amounts of money. both campaigns have raised over a billion dollars each to run the election. so we don't have to worry about it in terms of the overall playing field. but i do have a question about the extent to which it drowns out other candidates and ideas that can't get the support. >> very interesting. mike fauntroy. i
and particularly ohio and florida. you also have very small county regional areas you can look at and say this might determine what's going to happen in the rest of the state. >> you're a professor of public policy and analyze these types of things quite a bit. super packs. they have really made a difference in this election in terms of the money available, the ads that we see. has that been to the advantage of the voter or not? >> if by advantage you mean getting a chance to see...
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colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host: colorado and florida to mitt romney? guest: i would agree with that. this is where we really get into the numbers. obama won ohio by five points last week in one poll, but the sample was not what was in 2008. if you do the average, that deficit becomes a one. advantage for mitt romney, or half of a point advantage. that is where there is a little bit of concern on the average between the poles in the states. i would think it should be more like the olympics. as opposed to these out liars. guest host some say that this shows too high of a democratic sample. -- guest: s
colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host:...
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laura is in miami, florida. florida is again some of the center of the more controversial elements of this process. >> that is right. everyone remembers what happened here in 2000. an incident that declared an automatic recount, and eventually george bush was declared the winner by just 535 votes. one polling station called me this afternoon to say that due to the high turnout of the polling station he was at, they ran out of polling papers. can you imagine that? one thing is for sure, the campaign's -- if the campaign could get the alligators to vote, i'm sure they would. that would be an extra vote for their side. >> an outbreak of alligator voting. thanks in florida. this contest comes down to the electoral college numbers. jeremy breaks that number down for us. >> the outcome of the election is determined by electoral college votes. each state has a certain number and the winner in that state takes them all. he asked -- you have to try to get up to 270 total to win the u.s. presidential election. here are th
laura is in miami, florida. florida is again some of the center of the more controversial elements of this process. >> that is right. everyone remembers what happened here in 2000. an incident that declared an automatic recount, and eventually george bush was declared the winner by just 535 votes. one polling station called me this afternoon to say that due to the high turnout of the polling station he was at, they ran out of polling papers. can you imagine that? one thing is for sure,...
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district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be the republican john boehner.q?obviously the main stonues to be the presidential election. nbc news projects that president obamelection that he will be a second term 44 united states. that call coming upon president obama being projected to win the state of ohio. all of the networks, for what it's worth, president obama. but the romney campaign is refusing to concede in ohio. and they are refusing to concede overall. races nd in virginia. colorado is the most recent state to be called nbc news, been called for president
district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be...
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it will take a time to dip down to the north part of florida. by that time we should be up through wednesday morning. wednesday rain, wind, nor'easter style conditions. just getting chilly, low 40s. did you notice how early sunset was? >> thanks a lot. >> here we are hours away from election day. here in maryland we have a lot more than a presidential candidate to choose. >> mereds are facing several controversial ballot questions, including question six to decide whether same sex couples will be able to get civil marriage licenses. governor o'malley is very outspoken about his support for marriage equality. >> the bill that's before the voters on referendum question section protects religious freedom and every child's home under the law. it's called justice. it's called fairness. >> now if marylanders vote in favor of question six we would become the seventh state in addition to washington, d.c. to approve seam seam. >>> the maryland marriage alliance is holding a prayer rally tonight at rock city church encouraging people to vote against quest
it will take a time to dip down to the north part of florida. by that time we should be up through wednesday morning. wednesday rain, wind, nor'easter style conditions. just getting chilly, low 40s. did you notice how early sunset was? >> thanks a lot. >> here we are hours away from election day. here in maryland we have a lot more than a presidential candidate to choose. >> mereds are facing several controversial ballot questions, including question six to decide whether same...
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give florida to romney. the state of virginia, again, the obama campaign says we're going to carry it. romney campaign says oh, no, you're not. if you give that to romney, you're down to colorado. the obama campaign says early voting makes them feel good. romney campaign says we'll win. hypothetical, i'll give it to romney. what would happen then? new hampshire, a tiny state, four electoral votes and ohio, where you are tonight, erin, 18, would settle the presidency because no matter who won new hampshire, the winner would need ohio. you're in the right place. >> certainly, it certainly feels that way and in ohio, what are you specifically looking for? what are you going to be watching tomorrow night especially when you look at those key counties? >> the reason ohio is such a good bellwether is because it is america. it has cities, agriculture, rural areas, small cities. this state of ohio has been right in every presidential election since 1964. meaning whoever has won ohio in every election since then has
give florida to romney. the state of virginia, again, the obama campaign says we're going to carry it. romney campaign says oh, no, you're not. if you give that to romney, you're down to colorado. the obama campaign says early voting makes them feel good. romney campaign says we'll win. hypothetical, i'll give it to romney. what would happen then? new hampshire, a tiny state, four electoral votes and ohio, where you are tonight, erin, 18, would settle the presidency because no matter who won...
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we will most likely find out florida before we find out the results of virginia and ohio but if we do as you say it's mathematically. it's already bill clinton would say it's a religion it's a. what the other the other interesting fact at this moment i mean you know the ninety one percent reporting is that if we're looking at a a three tenths of one percent spread between romney and obama gary johnson the libertarian candidate took five tenths of one percent in floor presumably away from romney's so you know there may be if this if these numbers continue to play out and obama ends up holding florida right the third any candidate important to consider you're going to have you're going to have people on the you're never publicans complaining about gary johnson the way democrats were complaining about red meat in two thousand. voters for in two thousand so i'm very familiar with that debate. and it was right. no matter who wins the presidential election tonight one thing is certain whomever is elected president will have incredible influence over the shaping of the supreme court especial
we will most likely find out florida before we find out the results of virginia and ohio but if we do as you say it's mathematically. it's already bill clinton would say it's a religion it's a. what the other the other interesting fact at this moment i mean you know the ninety one percent reporting is that if we're looking at a a three tenths of one percent spread between romney and obama gary johnson the libertarian candidate took five tenths of one percent in floor presumably away from...
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virginia ohio florida there was something admirable about those along the lines of the people's urge to vote but the year but this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term it's not there anymore it's not that his supporters are not excited they are but it's more of a relief then euphoria so there is there is the excitement good is different from what he was four years ago there has been quite a bit of disappointment the economy is not recovering is fast as people would want it to the obama campaign's argument is that he inherited such a disaster that the process couldn't possibly go faster but again a lot of it has to do with very high expectations president president obama was seen as this savior of the nation but then when he got down to business it turned out that the republican congress was standing in the way of some of his robots to reforms and all the obstacles and the reality of the day sort of came to light just a few months ago the president's job approval rating was barely above forty percent is
virginia ohio florida there was something admirable about those along the lines of the people's urge to vote but the year but this year one could see that the euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term it's not there anymore it's not that his supporters are not excited they are but it's more of a relief then euphoria so there is there is the excitement good is different from what he was four years ago there has been quite a bit of disappointment...